Naya-Depths
Table of Contents
Design philosophy
Stock naya-depths based on build by Rodney Bedell from NRG Legacy 5K 7/31 (140 players).
Original: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/this-week-in-legacy-hamster-man
Analysis: https://greensunszenith.com/nrg-legacy-5k-performance/
Strategy: https://greensunszenith.com/naya-depths-sideboard-strategy/
Primer: https://greensunszenith.com/green-white-depths/
Legend
1: part of the initial build (Created)
+1: added/to be added to the build
-1: removed/to be removed from the build
?1: maybe to be removed
Version 0
By Rodney Bedell (Original)
Main (60)
Lands (28)
4 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
2 Savannah
2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
1 Taiga
1 Plateau
1 Forest
1 Plains
3 Wasteland
3 Thespian's Stage
2 Dark Depths
2 Sejiri Steppe
2 Flagstones of Trokair
1 Karakas
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Island
1 Plains
1 Forest
Some more mana (3):
3 Mox Diamond
Creatures (12):
4 Elvish Reclaimer
4 Knight of the Reliquary
-2 Endurance
1 Ramunap Excavator
1 Sylvan Safekeeper
Draw and tutor (10):
2 Sylvan Library
4 Green Sun's Zenith
4 Crop Rotation
Random Utility (7):
2 Prismatic Ending
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
Sideboard (15)
-1 Glacial Chasm
1 Tower of the Magistrate
2 Deafening Silence
2 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Collector Ouphe
-1 Outland Liberator // Frenzied Trapbreaker
-2 Choke
-1 Endurance
2 Force of Vigor
-1 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
Version 1
By Tuomas Pyyhtiä (based on build by Rodney Bedell above).
Main (60)
Lands (28):
4 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
2 Savannah
2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (2x Tuomas)
1 Taiga (1x Tuomas)
1 Plateau
1 Forest
1 Plains
3 Wasteland
3 Thespian's Stage (If targeted by Wasteland, I can copy this as a basic)
2 Dark Depths (Can play this with Blood/Magus Moon out, then remove Moon)
2 Sejiri Steppe
2 Flagstones of Trokair
1 Karakas
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Dryad Arbor
Some more mana (3):
3 Mox Diamond
Creatures (12):
4 Elvish Reclaimer
4 Knight of the Reliquary
+1 Knight of Autumn (1x Tuomas)
1 Ramunap Excavator (If you’ve already used a Bojuka Boj or Sejiri Steppe once, you can squeeze out another activation by Wastelanding your own Bog or Steppe and then replaying it from your graveyard thanks to Ramunap, triggering them once more. This type of play is also useful with Karakas if you’re needing to get two Legendary creatures off the field in one turn OR hold up Karakas after using it once.)
1 Sylvan Safekeeper (Safekeeper can give you some nice outs by sacrificing all your lands to alpha swing with Knight of the Reliquary. It also allows you to sac a land like Bojuka Bog to then replay it with Ramunap and get an additional trigger.)
+1 Mawloc (1x Tuomas)
Draw and tutor (10):
2 Sylvan Library
4 Green Sun's Zenith
4 Crop Rotation (1x Tuomas)
Random Utility (7):
2 Prismatic Ending
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes (pressurizes Planeswalkers, opponents life totals, keeps threats on board (Boo)) (1x Tuomas)
Sideboard (15)
+1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale (Goes in if: 1. Strategy is midrange against an opponent 2. Opponent plays critical amount of creatures and Wasteland.) (1x Tuomas)
1 Tower of the Magistrate (could even be maindecked if expecing lots of D&T or 8-cast in meta)
1 Deafening Silence
2 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Collector Ouphe
+1 Surgical Extraction (Or is Endurance better as enables better longer games by circulating own grave?)
+4 Leyline of the Void
1 Force of Vigor (would like to play 2 though, as this seems fairly stock)
+1 Dead // Gone (Solid T1 removal against D&T, Delver and MonoR Prison)
+1 Jegantha, the Wellspring (Reason Endurance is out from main).
Maybeboard
As mentioned in primers:
1 Outland Liberator
1 Celestial Purge
1 Mindbreak Trap (TES, TPS, Doomsday, Ruby Storm, )
1 Glacial Chasm
-2 Choke ("Although Prismatic Ending does give control more outs to Choke, this card is just a really strong way to disrupt any blue deck. My only advice with Choke is be patient and try to land one when your opponent has a few islands tapped. Obviously if it’s your only play then go ham, but patience can really reward those who have it with cards like Choke.")
1 Maze of Ith
Sideboard guide
Based on https://greensunszenith.com/naya-depths-sideboard-strategy/
| Cards | QT | UR Delver | D&T | Mono-Red Prison | 8-Cast | Naya Depths (mirror) | GR Lands | Reanimator | Painter | Doomsday | TES | ANT | Jeskai Control | 4c-control | Elves | Goblins | Death's Shadow | Affinity | Ruby Storm | Green Cloudpost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windswept Heath | 4 | df dfd | sdsda | sda | s | |||||||||||||||
| Wooded Foothills | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Savannah | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taiga | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Plateau | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Forest | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Plains | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wasteland | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Thespian's Stage | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dark Depths | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sejiri Steppe | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Flagstones of Trokair | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Karakas | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bojuka Bog | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dryad Arbor | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mox Diamond | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Elvish Reclaimer | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Knight of the Reliquary | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Knight of Autumn | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ramunap Excavator | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sylvan Safekeeper | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mawloc | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sylvan Library | 2 | -2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Green Sun's Zenith | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Crop Rotation | 4 | -1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prismatic Ending | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Swords to Plowshares | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sideboard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale | 1 | +1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tower of the Magistrate | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Deafening Silence | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pyroblast | 2 | +2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Red Elemental Blast | 1 | +1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Collector Ouphe | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Surgical Extraction | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Leyline of the Void | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Force of Vigor | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dead // Gone | 1 | +1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jegantha, the Wellspring | 1 |
UR Delver / UR Murktide
Strategy: Midrange into combo.
MVPs: Swords to Plowshares, Prismatic Ending, protect with Sejiri Steppe and Sylvan Safekeeper.
Beware: Wasteland and Brazen Borrower. Submerge.
Out (5): 2 Sylvan Library, 1 Minsc, 1 Sylvan Safekeeper, 1 Crop Rotation.
In (5): 1 Dead // Gone, 1 REB, 2 Pyroblast, 1 Tabernacle.
Death & Taxes
Strategy: Midrange, sometimes into late-game combo. Prismatic Ending only cares about the colours used to cast it. Don’t cast it for 3 mana to deal with an opposing Thalia as you only need to use W and another color for X.
MVPs: Swords to Plowshares, Prismatic Ending, Sylvan Safekeeper, Tower of Magistrate.
Beware: Wasteland, Solitude, Containment Priest (Zenith).
Out (5): 2 Crop Rotation, 1 Mox Diamond, 1 Dark Depths, 1 Bojuka Bog.
In (5): 1 Force of Vigor, 1 Collector Ouphe, 1 Dead // Gone, 1 Tower of the Magistrate, 1 Tabernacle.
Mono-Red Prison
Strategy: Combo. Mox Diamond under Trinisphere, a fetch under Blood Moon or an Elvish Reclaimer on board before Chalice for 1 is crucial.
MVPs: Sylvan Safekeeper.
Beware: Magus of the Moon, Blood Moon.
Out (3): 1 Bojuka Bog, 1 Sylvan Library, 1 Sylvan Safekeeper.
In (3): 1 Force of Vigor, 1 Dead // Gone, 1 Tabernacle.
8-Cast
Strategy: Combo, asap. GSZ for Ouphe is worth having online asap.
MVPs: Swords to Plowshares and Prismatic Ending.
Beware: Sai, Master Thopterist. Otawara, Soaring City, Aether Spellbomb. Saga into Pithing Needle.
Out (8): 3 Mox Diamond, 2 Sejiri Steppe, 2 Sylvan Library, 1 Ramunap Excavator.
In (8): 2 REB, 1 Pyroblast, 1 Force of Vigor, 1 Tower of the Magistrate, 1 Collector Ouphe, 1 Deafening Silence, 1 Tabernacle.
Naya Depths (mirror)
Strategy: Midrange.
MVPs: Sylvan Safekeeper, Minsc
Beware: be mindful of opposing Endurance or your opponent favouring blocks with instant speed ways to access Bojuka Bog.. respect Steppe in response to your removal. You can also Wasteland your own Bog or Steppe to replay it with Ramunap and get extra value from these lands.
Out (5): 3 Mox Diamond, 1 Dark Depths, 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth.
In (5): 1 Dead // Gone, 1 Surgical Extraction, 1 Force of Vigor, 1 Collector Ouphe, 1 Tabernacle.
GR Lands
Strategy: Midrange. Go after G source, can set them back a huge amount. Try to not have Yavimaya in play due to this.
MVPs: Knight of the Reliquary.
Beware: Loam. Pithing Needle out of Urza's Saga.
Out (6): 2 Swords to Plowshares (not if lands runs Reclaimer), 1 Mox Diamond, 1 Sejiri Steppe, 1 Dark Depths, 1 Mawloc.
In (6): 1 Force of Vigor, 1 Surgical Extraction, 4 Leyline of the Void.
Reanimator
Strategy: Combo. asap.
MVPs:
Beware: Don't let Archon die to Depths just being reanimated again.
Out (7): 2 Prismatic Ending, 1 Ramunap Excavator, 1 Minsc, 1 Sejiri Steppe, 1 Sylvan Safekeeper, 1 Mawloc.
In (7): 1 Deafening Silence, 4 Leyline of the Void, 1 Surgical Extraction, 1 Dead // Gone.
Painter
Strategy: Midrange, toward combo.
MVPs: Force of Vigor
Beware:
Out (7): 3 Mox Diamond, (1 Karakas), 1 Sejiri Steppe, 1 Sylvan Safekeeper, 1 Ramunap Excavator, 1 Sylvan Library.
In (7): 1 Dead // Gone, 1 Collector Ouphe, 1 Surgical Extraction, 4 Leyline of the Void.
Doomsday
Strategy: Combo asap.
MVPs:
Beware:
Out (5): 1 Knight of Autumn, 2 Swords to Plowshares, 2 Prismatic Ending, 1 Mawloc.
In (5): 1 Collector Ouphe, 1 Deafening Silence, 2 REB, 1 Pyroblast, 1
Surgical Extraction
TES
Strategy: Combo asap. Yavimaya, GSZ for Dryad Arbor then untap, play a combo
piece and hold up Crop Rotation (sacrificing Dryad) for the other is your
fastest road to victory (T3 kill) and it really needed in this matchup. "I
generally mulligan any hand with no turn-one hate". "I board out the
main-deck copy of Bojuka Bog. TES is not a graveyard dependent deck".
"Mulligan aggressively into first turn disruption".
MVPs:
Beware:
Out (11): 4 Swords to Plowshares, 2 Prismatic Ending, 1 Ramunap Excavator, 1
Sylvan Library, 1 Knight of the Reliquary, 1 Minsc, 1 Mawloc. (Leave Karakas
etc. in to maximize the effectiveness of Mox Diamond).
In (11): 1 Surgical Extraction, 1 Collector Ouphe, 1 Force of Vigor, 1 Deafening Silence, 2 REB, 1 Pyroblast, 4 Leyline of the Void, 1 Tabernacle (if they are TES = play Burning Wishes, thus may go for Empty the Warrens = game over for them).
ANT
Strategy: Combo asap. Yavimaya, GSZ for Dryad Arbor then untap, play a combo piece and hold up Crop Rotation (sacrificing Dryad) for the other is your fastest road to victory (T3 kill) and it really needed in this matchup.
MVPs:
Beware:
Out (10): 4 Swords to Plowshares, 2 Prismatic Ending, 1 Ramunap Excavator, 1 Sylvan Library, 1 Minsc, 1 Mawloc.
In (10): 1 Surgical Extraction, 1 Collector Ouphe, 1 Force of Vigor, 1 Deafening Silence, 2 REB, 1 Pyroblast, 4 Leyline of the Void.
Jeskai (UWx) Control
Strategy: Midrange, sometimes into late-game combo.
MVPs: Sylvan Safekeeper. Plays a huge role in the white matchups where Swords to Plowshares is the main removal spell.
Beware: Back to Basics and Ruination.
Out (3): 1 Bojuka Bog, 1 Crop Rotation, 1 Mawloc.
In (3): 2 REB, 1 Pyroblast.
4c-control / Yorion
Strategy: Midrange, into late-game combo. Be the aggressor.
MVPs: Ramunap Excavator paired with Wasteland. Sylvan Safekeeper.
Beware: Swords, Prismatic, Dress Down, Endurance…
Out (3): 1 Knight of Autumn, 1 Crop Rotation, 1 Mawloc.
In (3): 2 REB, 1 Pyroblast.
Elves
Strategy: Control the board early, while slowly moving towards combo. You can play around Boseiju by having 2 Stage’s and mana to activate both.
MVPs: Swords, Prismatic.
Beware: Boseiju, Karakas.
Out: 1 Bojuka Bog, 1 Knight of Autumn.
In: 1 Dead // Gone, 1 Tabernacle.
Goblins
Strategy: Control early game (removal for Lackey), then build quickly towards the combo.
MVPs: Swords, Prismatic.
Beware: Hearse. Stingscourger can pop up in the maindeck so be cautious of going off without protection.
Out (3): 1 Bojuka Bog, 1 Sylvan Library, 1 Sylvan Safekeeper.
In (3): 1 Dead // Gone, 1 Collector Ouphe, 1 Tabernacle
Death's Shadow
Strategy: Midrange toward combo. Can be more aggressive with Sylvan Library, especially to keep the removal spells or threats coming.
MVPs: Swords to Plowshares, Prismatic Ending.
Beware:
Out (4): 2 Sylvan Library, 1 Karakas, 1 Minsc.
In (4): 2 REB, 1 Pyroblast, 1 Dead // Gone.
Affinity
Strategy: Combo asap? Go with 8-cast guide here if they have blue. If not,
then with what you have here.
MVPs:
Beware:
Out (5): -1 Mox Diamond, -1 Sylvan Library, -1 Ramunup Excavator, -1 Sylvan Safekeeper, -1 Minsc.
In (5): 1 Collector Ouphe, 1 Force of Vigor, 1 Tabernacle, 1 Tower of the
Magistrate, 1 Deafening Silence
Ruby Storm
Strategy: Combo asap?
MVPs:
Beware:
Out (8): -1 Sylvan Library, -3 Swords to Plowshares, -1 Mawloc, -1 Ramunap Excavator, -1
Minsc, -1 Sylvan Safekeeper
In (5): 1 Deafening Silence, 1 Force of Vigor, 1 Collector Ouphe (doesn't do
anything), 1 Surgical Extraction, 1 Tabernacle (if they go for Empty the Warrens)
Green Cloudpost
Strategy: Combo asap? Perhaps try to estblish a lock with Ramunap and Wasteland. If boarding out Swords is sane, as there seem be
cloudpost builds out there with creatures.
MVPs:
Beware:
Out (3): -1 Sejiri Steppe, -1 Swords to Plowshares, -1 Mawloc
In (2): 1 Force of Vigor, 1 Collector Ouphe
Burn
Strategy:
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Beware:
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Enchantress
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Oops all Spells
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UW Bomberman
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UG Infect
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